Posts Tagged: jazz music

In the turn from the century about 1920, numerous artists made their mark by playing in the discreet underground nightclubs called “Speakeasies” which are high class, “Blind pig” lower class or “Smokeasy” for tobacco users. The United States once prohibited the sale of alcoholic drinks and smoking tobacco in clubs as a constitutional amendment. One [...]

The folk songs and plantation dance music of black Americans have much to say about the early jazz. These types of music came about all the way through the Southern United States at some point in the eighteen hundreds.
Ragtime, a musical technique that influenced early jazz, emerged from the St. Louis, Missouri, area in the [...]

Jazz is one of the most well loved musical genres in history. It offers a sound that gets you to let your hair down and lay back in. The guitar is one of the favorite jazz instruments. And it plays a big role in the jazz industry as well. It is either used in ensemble [...]